Complete Games : 1939 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1939 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bucky Walters 31 Cincinnati Reds 1
Paul Derringer 28 Cincinnati Reds 2
Bill Lee 20 Chicago Cubs 3
Luke Hamlin 19 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Bill Posedel 18 Boston Bees 5
Claude Passeau 17 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Chicago Cubs  
Hugh Casey 15 Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Harry Gumbert 14 New York Giants 8
Kirby Higbe 14 Chicago Cubs  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Hugh Mulcahy 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Curt Davis 13 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Boom-Boom Beck 12 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Lou Fette 11 Boston Bees 13
Joe Bowman 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Larry French 10 Chicago Cubs  
Carl Hubbell 10 New York Giants  
Bob Klinger 10 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tot Pressnell 10 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bill Lohrman 9 New York Giants 19
Cliff Melton 9 New York Giants  
Whitey Moore 9 Cincinnati Reds  
Jim Turner 9 Boston Bees  
Mace Brown 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Max Butcher 8 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Danny MacFayden 8 Boston Bees  



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.